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Quick Fix 6 (2/11/05)

While Demo congressmen foam and fuss about partial privitization of Social Security, they're compiling a nest egg in a plan that's very similar to the prez's proposal. Writes Dan Lips/Americans for Prosperity: "In total, the three million federal employees have amassed about $100 billion in their Thrift Savings accounts. It's a safe bet that hundreds of Democratic congressmen and their staffers are taking advantage of the federal government's generous individual retirement account program." Sounds like hypocrisy. Click here.

APhoto Fix: Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright whose most famous fictional creation, Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman," came to symbolize the American Dream gone awry, has died, his assistant said Friday. Click here.

1. Political 'Toon Fix: Daryl Cagle & Co. look at Howard Dean's rise toward the DNC chair here. And here's Wayne Stayskal (Social Security in 2042) and Chuck Asay (Beheading Zarqawi).

2. Humor Fix: If you haven't seen JibJab.com's "Second Term," you've been missing something here.

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, Today's Birthdays here, and Word of the Day here.

4. Top of the News Fix: Carter praises Iraqi vote here, Ailing Demos put their faith in Dean here, Al-Qaida blast US notion of freedom here, Wisconsin school to let Colorado prof Churchill speak here, and Charles gives Camilla royal heirloom ring here.

5. Blog Fix: With help from a local blogger, Michelle Malkin found another Nutty Professor with weird ideas about 9/11 at the University of Pennsylvania here.

6. IMHO Fix: Oliver North/Townhall.com (Lies, damn lies and network news), John Harwood/Wall Street Journal (D's wary as Dean takes helm), Daniel Henninger/Wall Street Journal (Iraq voters deserve Nobel Peace Prize), John Podhoretz/NY Post (A radical lawyer goes to jail), and Rich Lowry/National Review (America has a secretary of state again).



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.